Hi All More Mythomania from the UK. Copied below is a letter published in the letters page of a City newspaper. I have attached a link to this business, and also the centre where it is based, at the bottom.
Visit the links before commenting, it may influence your views!
Regards.
ME treatment has proven track record
I WELCOME the interest of Dr John Greensmith, and any other researcher, in the treatment and recovery of people with ME/CFS. I also welcome any opportunity to formally evaluate the ME Recovery System that I teach and have been in discussion with third parties with a view to establishing just such a study.
Meanwhile, anecdotal evidence suggests that a substantial proportion of people who learn the system recover their health and regain their social, work and family lives. Anecdotal reports may not constitute the sort of evidence required by, say, the NHS and nor should they; something more testable is required before any therapeutic approach can be endorsed. However, that may still be several years away and if I and my clients had awaited it we would still be ill today.
The ME Recovery System has its roots in a number of interventions with a good evidence base mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy among them and that are recognised and deployed within the NHS. GPs recommend the system to their patients. Clients come through word of mouth having seen their friends' improvements.
For people to regain their lives it is necessary that this continues to be the case while at the same time a well-designed study evaluates outcomes and, importantly, identifies those for whom the system works well, works moderately or does not work at all.
I look forward to any productive correspondence with Dr Greensmith that will help to improve the lives of people with this illness.
Vanessa Cecil
The Therapeutic Training Company, Innovation Centre, University of Exeter
http://www.therapeutictrainingcompany.co.uk/
http://www.spaceforsuccess.co.uk/
Visit the links before commenting, it may influence your views!
Regards.
ME treatment has proven track record
I WELCOME the interest of Dr John Greensmith, and any other researcher, in the treatment and recovery of people with ME/CFS. I also welcome any opportunity to formally evaluate the ME Recovery System that I teach and have been in discussion with third parties with a view to establishing just such a study.
Meanwhile, anecdotal evidence suggests that a substantial proportion of people who learn the system recover their health and regain their social, work and family lives. Anecdotal reports may not constitute the sort of evidence required by, say, the NHS and nor should they; something more testable is required before any therapeutic approach can be endorsed. However, that may still be several years away and if I and my clients had awaited it we would still be ill today.
The ME Recovery System has its roots in a number of interventions with a good evidence base mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy among them and that are recognised and deployed within the NHS. GPs recommend the system to their patients. Clients come through word of mouth having seen their friends' improvements.
For people to regain their lives it is necessary that this continues to be the case while at the same time a well-designed study evaluates outcomes and, importantly, identifies those for whom the system works well, works moderately or does not work at all.
I look forward to any productive correspondence with Dr Greensmith that will help to improve the lives of people with this illness.
Vanessa Cecil
The Therapeutic Training Company, Innovation Centre, University of Exeter
http://www.therapeutictrainingcompany.co.uk/
http://www.spaceforsuccess.co.uk/
